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DFC: General — Dallas Startup Week 2022

Aug 11, 2022 7:00 PM · The Granada Theater · Dallas, TX

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August 11, 2022

The Fight Format

  • Each fight runs ~10 minutes
  • Opening arguments: 45 secs each
  • Rebuttal rounds: 15 secs each (6–8 rounds)
  • Refs call fouls (buzzer) anytime — 15 sec response each
  • Audience votes to decide the winner

Event Timeline

Sponsors

The companies backing this fight — and all the decision-makers in the room. Want in on the action? Reach out below.

Fights

Defending your ideas in front of a crowd of your peers. Educational and entertaining at the same time.

Metaverse

Taylor Shead — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Taylor Shead
CEO, STEMuli
  • Funded metaverse startup founder
  • Education warrior
  • Iggy the Lion

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DFCDFCWINNER
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Dan Ferguson — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Dan Ferguson
Founder, Groove Jones
  • Reel FX vet
  • Signal Corps
  • Blaze the Bronco

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/taylor-shead
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Brand Transparency

Bill Cochran — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Bill Cochran
Creative Director, LERMA/
  • Former Richards CD
  • Ad Libs veteran (yup)
  • Oswald the Tiger

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DFCDFCWINNER
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Cameron Gawley — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Cameron Gawley
CEO, The Runway
  • Former agency founder
  • Brand man his entire life
  • Scrappy the eagle

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/bill-cochran
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Supply Chain

Chris Hanebeck — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Chris Hanebeck
CEO, Truckl
  • Lifelong supply chain dude
  • Patent holder
  • Sooner

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DFCDFCWINNER
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Brad Nichols — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Brad Nichols
Founder, Automatize
  • Oil & Gas nerd
  • Process junkie
  • Boostrapper

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/chris-hanebeck
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Sustainability, Profitability & Growth

Eddy Badrina — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Eddy Badrina
CEO, Eden Green
  • Former ad agency founder/exec
  • Former White House policy wonk
  • Aggie

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Chris Robinson — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Chris Robinson
President, Clearyst
  • Recovering Investment Banker
  • F-18 Pilot
  • Eagle

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/eddy-badrina
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Cybersecurity

Andrew Hopkins — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Andrew Hopkins
MD, Accenture
  • Co-creator of DFC
  • Data privacy expert
  • Proud South African
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DFCDFCWINNER
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David Malicoat — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
David Malicoat
CISO, Contraforce
  • Cyber risk maven
  • Dell Enterprise vet
  • Once a Marine…

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/david-malicoat
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Referees

They don't judge the debate — they call fouls. The audience decides the winner. All referees below officiate every fight at this event.

Becca Weigman

MD, Accenture Song
  • 30 yr advertising vet
  • Patiently impatient
  • Servant leader

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Becca Weigman — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Charan Lota

Group VP, Connected Technologies, Toyota
  • Longtime Toyota engineering vet
  • Automobile patent holder
  • Wolverine

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Charan Lota — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Holly Briedis

CDO, Fossil
  • Recovering McKinsey partner
  • Heavily involved in KIPP
  • Wolverine

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Holly Briedis — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Nancy Flores

CTO, McKesson
  • Pharma nerd
  • Cali transplant
  • Likes to help save lives

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Nancy Flores — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Angela Marano

SVP Business Transformation, Southwest Airlines
  • 21 Year LUV vet
  • B.I. junkie
  • Longhorn

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Angela Marano — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Watch

Event videos here and fight videos on the fight pages

Photos

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